Natasha Deen's Blog, page 58

#AT2012 More Books!

Thanks to sweet contemporary author @Johanna Riley and creepy romantic suspense author @Alicia_Dean_ for their book donations!

 

Edge Contest Now Open

Thanks to author Hal Friesen for the heads-up:

EDGE is now accepting short story submissions for Tesseracts Seventeen: Speculating Canada from Coast to Coast to Coast, until February 28th, 2013: http://www.edgewebsite.com/books/tess17/t17-catalog.html

The Larger Picture?

There’s a lot of hullabaloo concerning authors (mostly indie) paying for reviews and one reviewer who made $28000 in one month by providing the service. You can read it here & here.

Do I think an author should pay for a book review? No but I also think there’s a larger picture—or perhaps, a bigger question involved and it revolves around the odd (in my mind) delineations and lines drawn within the publishing industry.

With the paid reviews, this guy is a bad guy for charging for reviews,...

It’s Wrong But…

Every time I hear Flo Rida sing, “Whistle while you work it,” I have a sudden vision of him as the evil queen and the overwhelming urge to look for apples…

Signs You Either Need a Weekend or are TOTALLY into your Manuscript

Opening your fridge looking for pizza, you realize you stuck the roll of tin foil on the second shelf. You try to feed the cats the dogs’ food. You’re frustrated that you can’t get the i-Phone volume to work & are annoyed with the loudness of the music…until you realize you’re listening to your i-Pod. You can’t understand why the computer’s reminders keep popping up…and then realize it’s because while the computer is living in the present, you’re still keeping time from two days ago. You...

How to Change the World–One Joke at a Time

Had to post some of these hilarious tweets in response to CNN’s cover/article (for full story, go here: http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/19/opinion/obeidallah-muslims-rage/)

@LibyaLiberty  I'm having such a good hair day. No one even knows. #MuslimRage

@Danya Hajjaji When everyone in history class turns to you once 9/11 is brought up. #MuslimRage

‏@petey_jee I told my shrink I was feeling suicidal and he reported me to the FBI #muslimrage

@Efe Ozturk Couldn’t toss football around since the bal...

Handbag Handoff–Goodwill

No longer in love with that bag?

Looking for a fab new purse?

Donate your purse to the Handbag Handoff and help raise money for charity.

Buy a gently used bag at the Edmonton Woman's Show and help raise money for charity.

Donate from Septemeber 15 - October 5 at all Edmonton and area Goodwill locations
http://www.goodwill.ab.ca/handoff/

From the NaNoWriMo Folks

Greetings, citizens of NaNoLand!

As creative as you all are, I know you're also math-minded. You write 50,000 words in one month, at a rate of 1,667 words a day. And you know better than anyone the pricelessness of that literary mission.

Here's another equation for you: OLL needs just over 3,000 votes in 48 hours to contend for a $100,000 grant from Chase Community Giving. Yes, $100,000. That is nearly equal to the annual budget for our Young Writers Program. That would pay for two-years' wor...

The Writer’s Experience…

A writer died and was given the option of going to heaven or hell.

She decided to check out each place first. As the writer descended into the fiery pits, she saw row upon row of writers chained to their desks in a steaming sweatshop. As they worked, they were repeatedly whipped with thorny lashes.

"Oh my," said the writer. "Let me see heaven now."

A few moments later, as she ascended into heaven, she saw rows of writers, chained to their desks in a steaming sweatshop. As...

Youth Open Mic Series Goes Monthly

Are you a youth? Do you like to write? Do you like to listen to words that are awesomely placed together into an amazing piece of writing? Then this is the place for you! The success and enthusiasm for the Summer Youth Open Mic Series is rolling forward into the fall: YOURS (Youth Of Untitled Reading Series)

A reading & workshop series for youth (ages 12-19) at Untitled Bookshop, where you can come and read your work and write new words! Hooray. You can read anything you like, there will...